Brittens 2009 - 22-28 August

AGA · Sun 22/03/2009 18:28:38

Okay, having had the last 3 Brittens at my house, maybe it's time for a change. Creed Malay has generously offered to host it this time around at his house in Sunderland in the north of England. He was too lazy to actually start this thread himself though, so I'm doing it.

I'm told the house is large enough to fit around 15 people semi comfortably. There is a shortage of beds though, so 3 people will have to fight for couch space, and everyone else will need to bring sleeping bags and floor mats if they want their spines to survive the night. Sunderland is around 5 or 6 hours north of London, but there are regular trains and coaches to Newcastle and/or Sunderland which is nearby.

The plan is to have this happen around August bank holiday - Monday August 31 - so people with jobs get the free day off work and don't have to take so much holiday leave. This is around 7 weeks after Mittens, so hopefully people will have recovered by then.

So post if you're interested!

THE DATES ARE 22-28 AUGUST

Definites:

AGA
CJ
Creed Malay
Disco
Jake
scotch
Tier
(7)

Possibles:

Renal Shutdown
Trihan

Privateer Puddin' · Sun 22/03/2009 19:40:30

Create a maybe list!

LimpingFish · Sun 22/03/2009 21:08:06

Interested!

magintz · Sun 22/03/2009 23:23:24

Count me in

Pumaman · Sun 22/03/2009 23:28:36

I'm sure I'll pop along, either for the whole thing or just the weekend, depending on how much holiday I have left.

But, 15 people in Davy's flat? Really?

Disco · Mon 23/03/2009 00:33:20

I'd be interested, yeah. Unsure at the moment but still very keen. For making the trip I would be in for a few weeks at the least so might go off on more visits if anybody is lonely :p

Edit- So flights are looking at about $630 for a roughly three week period from 25 August to about mid-September (just guessing dates based on making it more cost-effective), which right now would be the cheapest ever transAtlantic crossing for me in the summer months

. I'll ask around a bit and do some more looking but yeah this seems doable.

zabnat · Mon 23/03/2009 08:56:12

I'll have to think about it. Flights seem to be about 300â,¬, so I could maybe even afford this.

SSH · Mon 23/03/2009 09:34:40

Well, I made Bonfirittens when it was in Sunderland so I'd possibly be able to pop down for the weekend...

Renal Shutdown · Mon 23/03/2009 18:51:38

I'm a bus ride away! As I'm a northerner now.

I may not stay there specifically (dependent on space/time/stuffs), but I could likely be there most days via the afore-mentioned bus ride.

I'm also far more sober these days, too. Whether that's a good thing, I'll let y'all decide.

Mr Jake · Mon 23/03/2009 21:09:15

Count me in, homeslice

AGA · Tue 24/03/2009 03:04:07

How's about Mondays 24-31 August? This would give the people with jobs 2 days of weekend and 1 of bank holiday off.

Renal Shutdown · Tue 24/03/2009 15:48:32

Quote from: Hotspot on Mon 23/03/2009 21:09:15
Count me in, homeslice

Homeslice?!

I guess I've missed too many meets to understand this hip new lingo.

(Date-wise, anything's fine for me).

Trihan · Wed 25/03/2009 12:03:27

Put me down on the interested list.

Stupot · Wed 25/03/2009 15:36:47

Ooh Nice one Davy.
I go to Uni in Newcastle, but that means absolutely nothing, because I'll be at home in Sussex for the summer. But, yeh put me on the list of definite interestees. I did promise myself I would do Brittens this year as I had to pull the plug on my interest in Mittens.

Disco · Sun 29/03/2009 19:36:58

Just curious who in the interested/definite camp who is also coming up from the south is planning on driving up and when. Magintz and I were just weighing the costs of trains and coaches and flying or hiring a car for the week. It may be worth it if we have a few people go in together instead of all just getting trains or coaches.

magintz · Sun 29/03/2009 23:22:54

I looked for me and National Express will probably be around Â£30 and take me 9 hours or the train Â£50 but only take me 5. If there are a few people around London who could get together and hire a car perhaps we could either save us some money or time and if not we'd have the convenience of an AGS wagon for the week. I don't currently drive, but am planning to be on the road by the summer so I might be able to drive, but it's still a ways away yet so if any other near Londoners want to look into it, it might be a plan.

Maggi

AGA · Mon 30/03/2009 00:33:15

The Megabus from London to Sunderland is only a couple of quid return.

Disco · Mon 30/03/2009 04:00:32

and sold!

Pumaman · Mon 30/03/2009 19:15:30

I'll probably end up driving up from London but we can sort travel arrangements out nearer the time.

Davy/scotch, do you really think we can fit 15 people in your flat? Where would everyone sleep?

Creed Malay · Mon 30/03/2009 20:31:59

Well, it'll be a bit cramped, but we should be okay. There's three settes, a few chairs that can be stripped of their cushions to make emergency beds, and I've a couple inflatible mattresses and thing. Floor space is one thing we're not short of here.

I got a double bed, and Scotch has a single. So anyone who wants to share Scotches bed with him, I'm sure that'll be fine with him.
Seriously, if it turns out to be way too cramped, I can farm a couple of you out to my brother, he lives not ten minutes walk away.